Elena Schnizer
Teamleiter Core Insurance Platform
Germering, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolElena Schnizer is a seasoned software leader with over 20 years in engineering and a decade in management, currently heading the Core Insurance Platform at Swiss Life. She specializes in modernizing legacy systems, DevOps enablement, and compressing release cycles—previously reducing release times from 12+ months to 3 months and cutting release costs by up to 70%. Elena leads interdisciplinary, international teams with a cooperative, transparent style that prioritizes ownership, continuous learning, and sustainable processes that outlast her direct involvement. Technically fluent in C++, C#/.NET, Python, Azure, REST APIs and static code analysis tooling, she pairs hands-on architecture work with compliance stewardship including license and cybersecurity concerns. Her track record spans embedded control software to large-scale web migrations and operational 24/7 Azure hosting, reflecting both deep technical breadth and practical delivery focus. Outside day-to-day delivery she champions organizational development, Liberating Structures for collaboration, and strategic competency building to future-proof teams.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Informatiker (FH) Informatik und Elektrotechnik, Diplom-Informatiker (FH) Informatik und Elektrotechnik at Polytechnisches Institut, Bischkek, Kirgisistan
German, English, RussianGithub contributions (1)
DocuWare/Platform.NETClient
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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